Meditrina Hospital, Trivandrum is part of the Meditrina Group of Hospitals, one of the fastest growing multi-specialty hospital chains in India, managed by dedicated professionals and engaged in providing primary as well as tertiary healthcare services. It is founded by Dr. N Prathap Kumar [MD, DM, FIC(Italy)], Chief Interventional Cardiologist and CMD-Meditrina Group of Hospitals.

The Meditrina Hospital, Trivandrum is known for its ethical medical practices, which makes it a preferred choice for patients. Moreover, while achieving clinical outcomes on par with international standards, Meditrina Hospital, Trivandrum make advanced procedures accessible at a fraction of the international costs.

Meditrina Hospital, Trivandrum aims to bring world class health care service within the reach of the Indian public. We serve the community with the help of highly qualified, nationally and internationally experienced doctors with Social commitment ensuring affordable cost of treatment.

DR. N. PRATHAP KUMAR MD, DM, FIC (ITALY)

Meditrina Hospitals, has acquired a reputation for being a pioneering organization in many ways, constantly striving to provide welcoming and efficient medical care. We have welcomed thousands of patients across our facilities, conducted numerous Angioplasties, Open Heart Surgeries and have worked hard to maintain our overall patient satisfaction level at an exceptional 100%.We believe that achieving the safety and health of our society is our joint responsibility, and we trust our public and private sector partners to stand firmly alongside us behind achieving this great goal.

At Meditrina Hospitals, we have an integrated healthcare centre with a dedicated team of Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists who work in tandem to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to patients suffering from heart ailments. Our team of doctors, nurses, technicians and other heart experts are there to ensure unparalleled excellence in patient care, education and research. At Meditrina Hospitals, we dedicate our efforts, time and expertise, to people suffering from any sort of disease in order to enable them continue the journey of life with a healthy body and mind.

Our Mission

‘ Compassionate patient Care ’ is the divine oath taken by Meditrina Hospital. We ensure the highest quality, safe patient care with a continuing and meaningful commitment. We adopt latest technologies and techniques rapidly and provide personalized care to every patient at every time that exceeds their expectations.

Our Vision

Meditrina Hospital strives to be the premier health care provider in India and the finest destination in cardiology. Holding a high Standard of medical ethics, Meditrina Hospital assures its services to be made available equitably on the basis of need.

Graduated in Medicine in 1988 from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. Prathap Kumar N acquired MD (Internal medicine) in 1992. A protagonist of the belief that heart matters most, he went on to learn the ills of the heart and obtained DM (cardiology) in 1997 with a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from University of Turin, Italy in 2002. Having had gained the know-how, and whetting his skill with overseas trainings, Dr. Prathap was instrumental in establishing the cardiology department in Benziger Hospital, an Interventional cardiology centre in Pariyaram Medical College and in PRS hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. He was a Director of Cathlab Services in Manipal Heart Foundation, Bengaluru. All along, Dr. Prathap nurtured a passionate desire to have dedicated cardiac centres across India to render specialized and affordable heart care. Dr. Prathap Kumar N is the Chief Interventional Cardiologist of Meditrina Group of Hospitals headquartered at Kollam, Kerala, India with units at Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottarakara, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar & Jamshedpur. To his and his team’s credit, nearly 10000 angioplasties, half of them complicated, were performed. Further, it is indeed a recognition, that a Cardiac Centre is functioning in ESIC hospital, Kollam, a Government sector, in collaboration with Meditrina Hospital Private Limited, Kollam. Today, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam is a multi-specialty tertiary healthcare centre with full-fledged departments including, Urology, General Medicine, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Neonatology, ENT. In collaboration with the renowned International Oncology Private Limited, Meditrina Hospital Kollam is soon to have a specialized, high-end technology aided Cancer Care Centre manned by celebrated doctors. Unlimited in its desire to enlarge its scope of healthcare service, Meditrina is soon to enter into a joint venture with the Government of the Republic of Maldives to provided specialized Cardiac Care to the people of Maldives. A series of award and recognitions followed Dr. Prathap Kumar N, Excellence Award by Vivekananda Samskarika Samithi, 2015 the Times of India Business Excellence Award 2011, Best Interventional Cardiologist Award by Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences, 2012. He is a visiting faculty in almost all Interventional Cardiology meetings in India and abroad.

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Imad Sheiban, M.D has been Associated Professor of Cardiology at the University of Torino since 2003. Dr. Sheiban served as Director of Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology Laboratory at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan until February 1998 and as Associated Director of Interventional Cardiology until May 1999. In 1996, he moved to the Division of cardiology of Istituto Scientific, San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. He served as Director of Interventional Cardiology Unit, the Division of Cardiology in the University of Turin. Since 1989, he performed approximately 10000 procedures of Interventional Cardiology including PTCAs, laser angioplasty, directional and rotational atherectomies, coronary stenting, IVUS, Intracoronary pressure wire and flow wire studies both in elective and emergency settings. In the last two years he also performed more than 400 peripheral angioplasty procedures including extra-cranial carotid artery angioplasty and Tran catheter treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Dr. Sheiban belongs to a number of national and international scientific societies, and, from 1993 to 1995 he was also a Member of the Executive Board of the Italian Group of Homodynamic Studies and Interventional Cardiology. He is actively involved in different research programme on coronary stenting, restenosis, drug-eluting Stent and non-Stent based devices, left ventricular function in acute and chronic ischemia and in acute myocardial infarction and actively participating to several international multi center trials in Interventional Cardiology. He is also owner of international patents on Stent delivery system and a Stent for bifurcation lesions. He also participated in writing several books and has published over 500 articles and abstracts in a wide variety of national and international journals.

Following in the footsteps of his late father Vaishnavan RG a passionate social worker of Kollam, a Panchayat member for a decade, is Mr. Prince KV, a simple person by nature and deed, is also an enthusiastic social worker himself and always at hand for all for advice, help and succour. He is a Director on Board Meditrina Hospital.

Matrix Partners India has picked up a significant minority stake for INR 41 crores in Meditrina Group of Hospitals, as the sole investor in the first institutional round of equity funding for the Company. Matrix Partners India is an investment firm with INR 3,000 crore under management. The firm invests in companies targeting the Indian consumer market at the seed, early and early growth stages with initial investments ranging from 1 crore to 75 crore. Matrix Partners has a global network of funds investing in the US, China and India with US $3 billion under management.

Dr. Manju P.N. MBBS., MD., MBA (Hospital Administration) has amply demonstrated that a physician in a leadership position is valuable for hospital performance. As CEO of Meditrina Hospitals Private Limited, she has attested that doctors can also be effective professional managers.
A MBBS from Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, and MD (Pathology), Dr. Manju went on to obtain a Fellowship in Renal Pathology with specialization in Electron Microscopy & Immunofluorescence from University of Torino, Italy followed by a long stint as a professor on the subject.
Dr. Manju P.N., a medical doctor, a professor and an administrator, is married to Dr. Prathap Kumar N, Chief Interventional Cardiologist and Managing Director of Meditrina Hospitals Private Limited.

An Electrical Engineer from prestigious Government Engineering College has worked in the field of High Voltage Engineering and Medical Equipments before joining hospital industry.
A TLP graduate from General Electric Co., USA has successfully completed many professional assignments in the largest hospitals in India.
His Global experience in Top Managerial and Administration positions in wide ranging reputed organizations like Wipro GE Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals, Apollo Hospitals, Nova medical centers Mr. Anupam das held Facility Director Fortis Healthcare Ltd and Chief Operating Officer Apollo Hospitals Enterprise LTD.
His association with Dr. Prathap Kumar has inspired him to join Meditrina as Chief Operating Officer of the group.

Imad Sheiban, M.D has been Associated Professor of Cardiology at the University of Torino since 2003. Dr. Sheiban served as Director of Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology Laboratory at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan until February 1998 and as Associated Director of Interventional Cardiology until May 1999. In 1996, he moved to the Division of cardiology of Istituto Scientific, San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. He served as Director of Interventional Cardiology Unit, the Division of Cardiology in the University of Turin. Since 1989, he performed approximately 10000 procedures of Interventional Cardiology including PTCAs, laser angioplasty, directional and rotational atherectomies, coronary stenting, IVUS, Intracoronary pressure wire and flow wire studies both in elective and emergency settings. In the last two years he also performed more than 400 peripheral angioplasty procedures including extra-cranial carotid artery angioplasty and Tran catheter treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Dr. Sheiban belongs to a number of national and international scientific societies, and, from 1993 to 1995 he was also a Member of the Executive Board of the Italian Group of Homodynamic Studies and Interventional Cardiology. He is actively involved in different research programme on coronary stenting, restenosis, drug-eluting Stent and non-Stent based devices, left ventricular function in acute and chronic ischemia and in acute myocardial infarction and actively participating to several international multi center trials in Interventional Cardiology. He is also owner of international patents on Stent delivery system and a Stent for bifurcation lesions. He also participated in writing several books and has published over 500 articles and abstracts in a wide variety of national and international journals.

A HR professional, a practiced banker and a law graduate B. Kailash Shankar brings with him this varied expertise of over three and half decades in India and abroad, to Meditrina Hospitals Private Limited as Head-HR. He was previously the Head-HR of KIMS hospital, Kollam and at their International Division(KMI) at Thiruvananthapuram.

It is all HEART that matters in a human! This faith became a conviction with Dr. N Prathap Kumar [MD, DM FIC (Italy)] to lay the foundation for a chain of dedicated healthcare centers in India to care for your heart. Meditrina Group of Hospitals was thus born in a small and bustling city-town of Kerala in Kollam in. It is noticeable that in the first year of its birth, it has recorded the highest number of angioplasties within means. With over 75% of our public living in villages and small towns in need of healthcare, the principle stand of Meditrina was to extend affordable healthcare for all. Now years down the line, with hospitals in Kollam, Trivandrum, Palakkad, Jamshedpur, Kottarakkara, and Hyderabad. Meditrina Group of Hospitals has belied the common man’s general belief that matters of the heart are an expensive affair and healthcare is for the high and mighty.

Having thus established a strong care of the heart, Meditrina is a now a multi-specialty tertiary healthcare institution rendering from round-the-clock primary emergency service to a multi-disciplined healthcare through dedicated medical professionals. And, now Meditrina has sets its foot in the Republic of Maldives to offer its specialized cardiac care, to start with.

Meditrina‘s growth shall continue to be principled and fair with compassion underlying its concern for the people. With Dr. Prathap Kumar N as the Chairman and Managing Director, Meditrina Group of Hospitals, shall continue to tread newer areas of health care.